Milwaukee music Singer/songwriter John Sieger talks about his new CD, "Modern Folk Vol. II" Singer/songwriter John Sieger - long a member of both Semi-Twang and The R&B Cadets - is putting the ...

I hadn't heard of Lalon Shah when I first heard the song Keno Jiggashile Khodar Kotha. In fact, I had become familiar with the names Anusheh Anadil and Shayan Chowdhury Arnob and their band Bangla ...

Folk music tells the story of the dark sacred night of the United States in two distinct ways. First, it connects us with the music that was in the hearts and hearths of all of America’s immigrants, ...

The traditional elements in any piece tend to beautifully bring out delicate details. Modern folk is a classic trend inspired from the ’70s that has gained immense popularity in recent years. Also ...

The short story is a form that remains tethered to its forebears despite modern advancements in literature. There’s a certain element to the short story that makes it more accessible than the novel, ...

Singer and fiddler Bella is only in her late-twenties but already writes songs to rival the enduring folk classics. They’re evocative, use gorgeous imagery and her simple phrasing is utterly ...

Contrary to Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch, jazz is no longer an American or, even more specifically, Afro-American art form. Jazz has, in fact, always been about incorporating music from various ...

Westbury Arts held the opening reception for Joan Kim Suzuki’s “The Gift of Remembrance: Modern Korean Folk Art Exhibition” on May 5, which is celebrated as Children’s Day in South Korea and Japan.